Below are the rules of the CatsCafe Wiki. Please read over them to make the wiki a better place! Did someone break the rules? Learn about reporting people here.
Wiki Discussion Guidelines
Discussion GuidelinesThese are the Wiki Discussion Guidelines, although they could apply anywhere on the wiki. 1. Please treat people well. Being honest in your opinion is okay, but do not harass people. 2. No cussing or inappropriate content. You never know when a young child will stumble upon our wiki. 3. No spamming or vandalizing. It's annoying to everyone. 4. Please TRY to put your posts in the correct category. 5. If you need help, just remember that you can always ask for it! 6. Advertising is perfectly fine, as long as you aren't spamming when doing so. |
Wiki Rules
- Follow the guidelines: It is very simple! Plus, the guidelines are above.
- Please make it clear if you have an alt account: If you have another account, please say so in a blog post, on your user page, in a disscussion thread, or notify an admin in a message. No using alt accounts after you have gotten banned. If you have been caught using alt accounts to get out of trouble, your alt accounts will be blocked for 2 months each (4 months if it wasn't known about), and you will be banned for one more week for each alt account.
- Try to follow the manual of style: We want to make sure our wiki is as organized as possible, so that it is easier for people to read. So please try to comply by the Manual of Style.
- Be Respectful: Please be respectful and nice. It helps make the wiki a better place! Oh-and it gives you a better reputation. This also means no harrassing people.
- Don't badgegame, please: Badgegaming is making unnescessary edits to pages.
- Do not vandalize pages: It's annoying.
- Try giving credit to people when you can: If you forgot who did something though, that's okay!
- Don't try framing people for something they didn't do: It is very unfair when you are pretending someone did something. What would most likely happen would be people finding out you did something and then you would get a block.
- Have an appropriate username and profile picture: Exactly what it says. If enough people report your profile or username as innapropriate or disturbing, you will also be blocked or warned. It should also be mentioned that you can't have an innapropriate username in another language-it could be translated and you will be blocked.
- Impersonating is not allowed: Don't pretend to be someone you aren't.
- Please do not try to create a drama on the wiki's discussions or comments: We want a peaceful wiki.
Staff Rules
Since they have more power, we need more rules to balance it out! You can also find staff rules on the Administration and Staff page. 1. No abusing your power. That means no blocking people for the fun of it, or reverting perfectly fine edits. 2. Follow the rules. Follow the staff rules AND the regular rules.
3. Do not block people unless you have solid evidence on what they've done. You never know when someone is trying to frame another user. Some evidence may be...
- Screenshots from other user's profiles
- Seeing what happened yourself
- Multiple users saying what happened (if there are at least 2 other people saying what happened isn't true, you should dig deeper)
4. Please follow the protection rules below: We don't want vandals. Protecting helps prevent vandals from vandalizing!
- Rules, Regulation Pages, and main community pages: Protect to "Only allow administrators"
- Main Characters: Only Allow Autoconfimred Users
- Comic Strips: No protection. Anyone with an account may edit.
- All location pages: Autoconfirmed Users only
- Story Arcs: No protection. Anyone with an account (remember that) may edit
- Important Templates: Admins only
5. Candidates for Deletion Rules
- Candidates for Deletion can only be put on pages that are
- Copies of other pages
- Don't Work
- or have Vandalism (Minor pages only, Major Pages will get a makeover)
- Candidates for deletion must use the "Candidate For Deletion" Template
- The page will have 2 weeks to be changed before it will be closed off to only Administrators
- At the end of the month the candidates for deletion will be deleted
- (If the page has been closed to admins already, if it hasn't then it will be deleted the next month)
- Candidates for Deletion can only be put on pages that are
6. Stay active: If you haven't edited or posted at least 6 times in 45 days, you will be demoted one rank down. The cycle will repeat, however, you may regain your privleges as wiki staff upon asking and being more active |}
Punishments
Breaking the rules should come with some sort of punishment. Infinite blocks are to be avoided-we believe in giving people a second chance, but if something goes too far, infinite blocks may be given. Below are the punishments, ranked on a 1-5 scale on severity.
By the way, a "staff offender" is a member of the wiki staff who broke a rule. If a number has an S before it (like S1) that means it is one of the staff rules. |}
| Rule | Severity Level | Punishment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 warnings and then a 24 hour block, then 2 warnings and a 48 hour block, then 1 warning and a 4 day block, then a 8 day block, then a 16 day block, and so on. Staff offenders get demoted one rank down for each block (bureaucrat would become admin, Admin would become moderator, etc.) |
| 2 | 3 | Using alt accounts to sway votes or get out of being blocked will be blocked for 3 months each, and your main account will get a one week block for each alt account. Staff offenders will be demoted one rank down. |
| 3 | 1 | You will be warned. If you are a staff offender, you will be demoted one rank down after 10 warnings. |
| 4 | 4 | 2 warnings and a 1 month block, then a 4 month block, then a 1 year block, then a 10 year block, then an infinite one if they STILL haven't learned their lesson. |
| 5 | 2 | 2 warnings and then a 1 week block, then another 1 week block, and then another. You get the idea. Staff offenders get demoted one rank down on their 2nd block in this area. |
| 6 | 5 | 1 warning and then a one year block, if they do this again, it becomes a 10 year block, then infinite block. Staff offenders lose all their privileges as staff. If vandalism goes too far, admins may have to protect every page for a while. |
| 7 | 1 | Simply a reminder. No one will get blocked or demoted. |
| 8 | 5 | a 1 year block. If it happens again, they get an infinite block. Staff offenders instantly lose their privilege as staff. |
| 9 | 5 | Your account is blocked indefinitely until you have changed your username or profile picture. |
| 10 | 5 | That account is banned indefinitely (no IP block though) |
| 11 | 5 | If a discussions argument goes too far, admins will go and shut down the wiki's discussions or commenting for a while. The person starting the argument will be blocked for 6 months. |
| S1 | 5 | They lose all their priveleges as staff and they get a 6 month block. |
| S2 | Varies | Since this rule is just "Follow all the rules," read the above sections to see the punishments of the other rules. |
| S3 | 2 | They get a warning if they banned the wrong person. |
| S4 | 1 | No punishment for forgetting to protect a page. |
| S5 | 1 | No punishment for Forgetting the Candidates of Deletion rules |
| S6 | 2 | You will be demoted one rank down for every 45 days of inactivity. |
Do you have a question about the rules? Ask any part of our staff! You can see who is in our staff here.